Lauren Edwards MP: written questions 2025

Written questions

• Growth and Skills Levy: ICT and TechnologyDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29671More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the Growth and Skills Levy enables people to retrain in (a) technology and (b) digital skills.

  Answer: The government is developing a comprehensive strategy for post‐16 education and skills to break down barriers to opportunity and support employers to develop the skilled workforces they need to help drive economic growth.Skills England has been establishe...

  Answered 21 Feb 2025

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• Apprentices: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29670More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the provision of apprenticeships in AI.

  Answer: The government is committed to ensuring both learners and employers have access to crucial digital and artificial intelligence (AI) skills that have the potential to increase productivity and create new high value jobs in the UK economy. To achieve this, ...

  Answered 18 Feb 2025

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• ApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29669More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to review the adequacy of apprenticeship Qualification Achievement Rates for accurately capturing learner outcomes.

  Answer: The department recognises there is a wide range of reasons for non-achievement of an apprenticeship, and that is why we hold training providers to account for quality delivery through the Apprenticeship Accountability Framework, which encompasses a wide r...

  Answered 12 Feb 2025

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• ApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29668More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to review compulsory functional skills requirements for apprentices who do not hold a GCSE or Level 2 equivalent qualification in English and maths.

  Answer: The government has announced changes to the rules relating to achievement of English and mathematics qualifications as part of an apprenticeship for those aged 19 or over at the start of their programme. Upskilling in English and mathematics will continue...

  Answered 24 Feb 2025

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• Civil Servants: Mental HealthCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24072More

  Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to support good mental health among civil servants.

  Answer: The Civil Service provides its employees with a comprehensive range of health and wellbeing tools and policies to ensure that employees remain in work or return to work as quickly as possible following absence due to ill health. The Cabinet Office is full...

  Answered 22 Jan 2025

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